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Black women become most educated group in US

The percentage of black students attending college has increased over the last 30 years

A higher percentage of black women is enrolled in college than any other racial or gender group iStock

Black women are now the most educated group in US, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. 

Between 2009 and 2010, black women earned 68 per cent of associate's degrees, 66 per cent of bachelor's degrees, 71 per cent of master's degrees and 65 per cent of all doctorate degrees awarded to black students.

The percentage of black students attending college has increased  from 10 per cent to 15 per cent from 1976 to 2012, while the percentage of white students fell from 84 to 60 per cent.

By both race and gender, a higher percentage of black women (9.7 per cent) is enrolled in college than any other group, including Asian women (8.7 per cent), white women (7.1 per cent) and white men (6.1 per cent).

by Samuel Osborne